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Zamalek Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك الرياضي), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Since the foundation of the club in 1911, 22 different presidents ran the club. The first president of Zamalek SC is George Merzbach Bey, who is also the founder of the club. The longest-running president in the history of Zamalek SC is Mohammed Haidar Pasha.
List of presidents
[edit]Below is the presidential history of Zamalek SC until the present day.[1][2]
| No. | Period | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st |  Henry Kramer
|
1911 | 1912 |
| 2 | 1st |  Antoine Bianchi
|
1912 | 1917 |
| 3 | 1st |  Dr. Mohammed Badr
|
1917 | 1917 |
| 4 | 2nd | Antoine Bianchi
|
1917 | 1922 |
| 5 | 1st |  George Merzbach Bey
|
1922 | 1927 |
| 6 | 1st |  Mohammed Haidar Pasha
|
1927 | 1928 |
| 7 | 1st | Prince Omar Ibrahim Halim
|
1928 | 1928 |
| 8 | 1st | Prince Abbas Halim
|
1928 | 1928 |
| 9 | 2nd | Prince Omar Ibrahim Halim
|
1928 | 1930 |
| 10 | 1st | Mohammed Haidar Pasha
|
1927 | 1928 |
| 11 | 1st |  Mahmoud Shawki
|
1952 | 1955 |
| 12 | 1st | Abdel Hamid El-Shawarbi
|
1955 | 1955 |
| 13 | 2nd | Mahmoud Shawki
|
1955 | 1956 |
| 14 | 1st |  Abdel-Latif Abu-Rajelha
|
1956 | 1961 |
| 15 | 1st | Elwi El-Gazzar
|
1961 | 1962 |
| 16 | 1st | Hassan Amer
|
1962 | 1967 |
| 17 | 1st | Helmy Zamora
|
1967 | 1971 |
| 18 | 1st |  Tawfik El-Kheshin
|
1971 | 1972 |
| 19 | 2nd | Helmy Zamora
|
1974 | 1980 |
| 20 | 3rd |  Helmy Zamora
|
1980 | 1984 |
| 21 | 2nd | Hassan Amer
|
1984 | 1988 |
| 22 | 1st | Hassan Abou El Fotouh
|
1988 | 1990 |
| 23 | 1st | Nour El-Dali
|
1990 | 1992 |
| 24 | 1st | Galal Ibrahim
|
1992 | 1996 |
| 25 | 1st | Kamal Darwish
|
1996 | 2001 |
| 26 | 2nd | Kamal Darwish
|
2001 | 2005 |
| 27 | 1st | Mortada Mansour
|
2005 | 2005 |
| 28 | 1st | Morsi Atallah
|
2005 | 2006 |
| 29 | 2nd | Mortada Mansour
|
2006 | 2006 |
| 30 | 1st | Raouff Gasser
|
2006 | 2006 |
| 31 | 1st | Mamdouh Abbas
|
2006 | 2008 |
| 32 | 1st | Mohamed Amer
|
2008 | 2009 |
| 33 | 2nd | Mamdouh Abbas
|
2009 | 2010 |
| 34 | 2nd | Galal Ibrahim
|
2010 | 2011 |
| 35 | 3rd | Mamdouh Abbas
|
2011 | 2013 |
| 36 | 3rd | Kamal Darwish
|
2013 | 2014 |
| 37 | 3rd | Mortada Mansour
|
2014 | 2017 |
| 38 | 4th | Mortada Mansour
|
2017 | 2020 |
| 39 | 1st | Ahmed Bakry[a]
|
2020 | 2020 |
| 40 | 1st | Emad Abdel-Aziz[b]
|
2020 | 2021 |
| 41 | 1st | Hussein Labib (Interim)
|
2021 | 2021 |
| 42 | 5th | Mortada Mansour
|
2021 | 2023 |
| 43 | 1st | Hassan Moussa (Interim)
|
2023 | 2023 |
| 44 | 1st | Imad El-Banani (Interim)
|
2023 | 2023 |
| 45 | 2nd | Hussein Labib
|
2023 | Present |
Source:[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The appointed interim committee president of the appointed interim committee in charge of administrating Zamalek SC after the deposition of the previous president, Mortada Mansour, and until the next club presidential election. However, he died after 24 days from taking office, due to COVID-19.[3]
- ^ Appointed as the interim committee president of the appointed interim committee in charge of administrating Zamalek SC after the passing away of the former appointed interim committee president, Ahmed Bakry, and until the next club presidential election.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "تاريخ النادى". el-zamalek.com (in Arabic).
- ^ "Zamalek Sporting Club Founded January 5th, 1911". Angelfire.
- ^ "وفاة المستشار أحمد البكرى رئيس الزمالك متأثرا بفيروس كورونا.. ودع القلعة البيضاء بعد 24 يوما من توليه قيادة النادى.. الأهلى وشوبير ينعيان الفقيد.. وكلمات مؤثرة لابنته عقب الوداع.. وهشام إبراهيم رئيس مؤقت للأبيض". youm7.com (in Arabic). 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Ministry of Sports names new Zamalek president". kingfut.com. 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Tarek Said's Homepage – Zamalek Sporting Club – History". Angelfire.com. Retrieved 2015-06-12.